DATE=9/8/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N / E. TIMOR (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-253581
BYLINE=PATRICIA NUNAN
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A senior delegation from the United Nations
Security Council has arrived in the Indonesian capital
Jakarta to discuss ways to end the bloodshed in East
Timor. As Patricia Nunan reports from Jakarta, armed
militia groups which are opposed to East Timor's
separation from Indonesia have virtually overrun the
territory, which voted for independence in a U-N
supervised referendum last week.
Text: The five-member delegation from the United
Nations Security Council is expected to meet with
senior Indonesian officials to discuss the possibility
of sending U-N peacekeepers to East Timor, to help end
the bloodshed.
The violence erupted after the United Nations
announced that almost 79 percent of East Timorese
voters decided the territory should separate from
Indonesia, in the U-N-supervised autonomy referendum
held last week.
The British Ambassador to the United Nations, Jeremy
Greenstock -- a member of the delegation -- says the
primary reason for the visit is to impress upon the
Indonesian government that the results of the August
30th autonomy referendum must be implemented. He
also says the United Nations wants to see the violence
brought to an end.
// GREENSTOCK ACT//
And secondly to try to find concrete ways to make the
situation on the ground in East Timor a lot better
than it is at the moment. It is unacceptable that
there should be this degree of violence and that must
be addressed by the Security Council mission.
//END ACT//
The arrival of the Security Council delegation comes a
day after the Indonesian military imposed martial law
in East Timor. Hundreds of people are believed to have
been killed and thousands more forced to flee by the
militias, which have taken control of much of the
territory. Food riots have broken out with ordinary
East Timorese looting shops in the capital Dili.
The Security Council delegation so far has refused to
confirm whether it supports the deployment of
peacekeepers in East Timor. But
Ambassador Martin Andjaba of Namibia says the United
Nations would prefer to have an international presence
in East Timor to help calm the situation.
//ANDJABA ACT//
We hope that martial law would work, but of course it
would be more useful and beneficial if we have the
rest of the international community participate in
East Timor.
//END ACT//
Analysts believe that any U-N peacekeeping force would
be dominated by soldiers from East Timor's nearest
Western neighbor --Australia, with up to two thousand
Australian troops expected to be deployed. But senior
Australian officials have expressed their desire for
logistical support for a peacekeeping mission from the
United States. (signed)
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Source: Voice of America
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